Metal cutting and trimming machine.



CHARLES-*l1 MURRAY, Ulf" HANSA@ lilo. Elfi/,263.

Speecetion of Lettere Potent.

lilntented April 10, 1906.

Applieetion filed September 27,19%; Serial No ZEBQIGVL eitinei'i oi the United Ststes, residing et Ken- City, in the county of .lneisonnnd State of Missouri, have invented eertein new end,

uselul linproveinents'in Metal Cutting and Trimming Machines, oi wl'iielr the 'following is e sneeiiiestiom rlhis invention relates to metal cutting end 1o trimming; moehines g end my obj eet is to produce e single nieehine for :teeurstely cutting,r n nietol plete end trimming or smoothing the new end of such plete without enteiling any edrglitionel lehor or movement on the part of r 5 the onerntor than hns heretofore heen required h i tl'ieeutting notion elone.

d.. Furth reliehle ineens ior ln'iiding the metal hloek to he eut und trimmed in the i'lesiredposition.

With the ohoife--neined ohjeets in View the invention consists in certain novel end peenlier tentures oi" eonstruetion end organization, es hereinafter deserihed and eleiineifl, endV in order that it moy hejiully understood refer- 2 5 ence is to be hed te the accompanying drewings, in whiehiigure l is e top plan View, partly hrolren ewey, oi n ineehine embodying' my invention. liig. 2 isn seetion teken on the line ll 'il oi 3o Fig. l'. Fig. is etront View 'el thnt hert oi' the ins-chine shown in lilig. l. Fig. It is e. deteil perspective View of eoi'ineeted perte here inelter described. v

lin the seid dren/ings, l designates the.

3 5 freine, of the nieel'iine, end 2 n pair et parallel trnelrs seeuredv rigidly upon and extending transversely of the frame,

is e hed or te'ole to he moved hoek end forthfupon yseid trseks hy the person in 4o eherge, such movement being parallel with and adjacent .te the ,linee oi s cireuhn'snw e. Seid sew is provided with n large central opening 5, fitting; snugly upon e. boss 6 olE e suiteilily-rotsted,cutter-heed 7, the sew he- .ig secured. to seid cutter-'heed hy screw-- holte 3 end the cutter-heed herring disinstrienliy opposite eutters 9 projecting from the hof-.is t3 heyond the ieee ot the sew.

l() represente ii. oloelt of nietsl, suoli es @jef stereotype instel, which rests upon the hedor t'ehle 3 end oeste against the erin '11, mounted 'to slidetowsrd. :ind frein the plone of the .ieee of the sew upon hed or tcfihle 3` through the instrumentality of en adjustinger ohjeet is to produite :i simple end l lever screw l2, journniefhin. e bracket 13, carried 55 hy seid hedV or table, yit being understood that' this Inova-hie hed or table erin 11,-end the ineens for adjusting`the letter are common in stereotype-trinnning inneeliines.V

lll designates the ril) or rail of bed or tebleko y 3, upon which erin 1l slides, end seid rib or rnil forms e henringior the front end of the block ll), the letter heing clamped reliably in the position shown hy rneehanism oonstrueted as foilows:

designates s. bleek having its hanged bese lo doyeteiled in groove 17, extending transversely of and neer the left-hand mrgin oiE the hed or `tehle, seid loloekiittingy sig-einst the rein* edge' ofthe bleek 10. Pivoted to vthe, doveteily hloeh 15 ere the de ending' lugs le? olf n longitudinelly-slotted e amperin 19, seid erin having interposed between it sind the stereotype-block the leather strips 2O to prevent defeeeinent ofthe type, ond in- Wsrd of seid strips the block is ratchettoothed et its inider side, :is it 2l, end projecting up through the slot of the erm from the rih lei is e guirile-pin 22. l i

23 is e V"t-:shaped ieee having-its steinoleu pending through t ze slot of seid pivoted ele-i'np-nrn und its heed restingI upon seid erin Underiying `the letter end fitting snugly egeinst the lower end of the stein of the "lshnped piece is en inverted-U-sl'iaped piece 2li, united et its iront side to the "l"- sheped piene hy ineens of' the thin steel plete 25, the latter l'ieirlgliorined with the upwardlydisposed shoulders lor engagement with the teeth 21 of theelsinp-nrm. j 9o ,Pivoted in the tl-shaped piece 24 is e esm- -v 2?", having its head bearing egai'nst'the front side oi' rib le, so that when thrown downwerdit will swing the reer end of the invertextil-slumped piece outward and thereoy eil'eet the simultaneous downward vpres-V sure of the "lshsped piece upon the elemperni end the u )werd pressure of plate 25 against the teeth of seid. erin, this notion resulting; in ehnnping the stereotype-block Ielinhly between the dovetziil block 1,6 and rib 14V, with the left-heini edge of the stereotype- -hloel in position to he noted upon, first by the sow :ind then hv' the cutters 9, asthe operntor pushes the hed or table rearwardly until its front edge attains e position about in line with the .Center o1" the cutter-heed, eswill he readily understood hy 'reference to 

